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100 Meters Anime Film's Clip Shows 1st Minute of Long Take Animation Showcase
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
ASMIK Ace began streaming a 60 second clip from the anime film of Uoto's 100 Meters (Hyakuemu) manga on Friday. The clip shows Togashi, Komiya, and other runners as they approach the starting blocks, with the clip featuring detailed rotoscoped character animation and a moving camera with accompanying animated background. The one-minute clip is the beginning of a 220-second long take cut from the film, comprised of around 9,800 frames of animation.
The film held its world premiere at Annecy on June 12. The Japan Society will screen the East Coast premiere in New York on October 8 at 7:00 p.m. with director Kenji Iwaisawa in attendance.
Tori Matsuzaka plays the gifted runner Togashi, while Shōta Sometani plays Komiya, a hard worker whose obsession with the 100-meter dash began when he met Togashi.
The anime also stars (character name romanizations are not confirmed):
- Kōki Uchiyama as Saizu
- Kenjirō Tsuda as Kaidō
- Jun Kasama as Nigami, Togashi's teammate
- Rie Takahashi as Asakusa, a high school girl who invited Togashi into the team
- Yuki Tanaka as Shiina, a high school girl on the team
- Atsumi Tanezaki as young Togashi in elementary school
- Aoi Yūki as young Komiya in elementary school
- Yūma Uchida as Kabanoki, an aspiring world-class runner
- Junya Enoki as Numano, a team member when Komiya was in high school
- Haruki Ishiya as Kyōden, the team captain when Komiya was in high school
- Hiiro Ishibashi as Morikawa, an athlete who looks up to Togashi
- Tomokazu Sugita as Onomichi
Kenji Iwaisawa (ON-GAKU: Our Sound) directed the film at Rock 'n' Roll Mountain. Pony Canyon, TBS TV, and ASMIK Ace are credited with production. Yasuyuki Mutō (Tokyo Revengers) wrote the script. Keisuke Kojima was the character designer and chief animation director, and Keikankun Yamaguchi was the art director. Producers include Yūsuke Terada, Yūki Katayama, and Akane Taketsugu. Hiroaki Tsutsumi composed the music for the film.
The band Official HiGE DANdism performs the film's theme song "Rashisa."
A preview of the film screened at last year's Annecy International Film Festival in June as part of the festival's Work in Progress lineup. The festival described the story:
Togashi is born to run. As a kid, he is naturally gifted and wins every 100-meter race without effort. But in sixth grade, he meets Komiya, a transfer student who is full of determination but lacks technique. In teaching him, Togashi gives Komiya a new purpose: to win no matter what. Years pass by, Togashi and Komiya meet again as rivals on the track and reveal their true selves.
Uoto (Orb: On the Movements of the Earth) launched the Hyakuemu manga in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app in November 2018 as Uoto's first series, and Kodansha published the manga's third compiled book volume in August 2019.
Source: ASMIK Ace's YouTube channel, Comic Natalie
